Plastic Performance Escalates Growth of Food and Beverage Packaging Markets in Brazil and Mexico.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers, producers, and distributors in the Brazilian and Mexican food and beverage packaging market are increasingly opting for plastics. Plastic's appeal mainly stems from its ability to increase shelf life of packaged food and offer cost savings on transport due to its...

Frost & Sullivan Finds High Growth Potential for PET Bottles.
Taking a look back at the Food & Beverage Plastic Packaging Industry in 2008 and its market outlook for 2009 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In China, the food and beverage plastic packaging market has experienced impressive growth over many years. It is mainly due to the...

Sustainable Food and Beverage Packaging Market to Surpass $42 Billion by 2010.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As the collective U.S. consciousness slowly accepts the idea of sustainable and eco-friendly products, manufacturers and retailers have responded, particularly in the food and beverage industry where shipments of sustainable or "green" packaging exceeded $37 billion in 2005, according to Sustainable ("Green") Packaging...

Purefoods introduces marketing innovations to ease high food prices.
Noel Tempongko, General Manager of Purefoods Hormel Company (PHC), a joint venture of food, beverage, and packaging giant San Miguel Corporation (SMC), said the initiative is meant to address issues related to the prevailing food crisis. "First, there's the price issue. The global rise in prices of...

Bisphenol A exposure linked to disease in adults.
Greater exposure to bisphenol A, a chemical compound used in baby bottles and many types of food and beverage packaging, was significantly associated with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and liver enzyme abnormalities in a study of more than 1,000 adults. Bisphenol A (BPA) is a component...

Ball Announces 2008 Fourth Quarter, Full-Year Results.
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ball Corporation today reported full-year 2008 net earnings of $319.5 million, or $3.29 per diluted share, on sales of $7.56 billion, compared to $281.3 million, or $2.74 per diluted share, on sales of $7.39 billion in 2007. Fourth quarter 2008 net...

SMC's Australia unit boosts sales.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Southeast Asia's largest food, beverage and packaging conglomerate San Miguel Corporation's Australian subsidiary National Foods Limited (NFL) sustained its strong performance in the past 12 months, yielding solid financial results, a year after its consolidation. In 2006, NFL successfully consolidated Berri...

SMC allocates $700 M for regional expansion; Posts 21% hike in Q1 profit at P1.34 B.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA Food and Beverage giant San Miguel Corporation is allocating up to $700 million to put up a regional network of food, beverage and packaging businesses in seven countries throughout the Asian region. In an interview with reporters after the firm's stockholders'...

San Miguel Corp. serves up Citrix access infrastructure solution for business unit.
Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, has announced that San Miguel Corporation (SMC), the largest food, beverage and packaging conglomerate in Philippines, will be extending its deployment of Citrix access infrastructure software solutions to support its Feeds Group. SMC has 94 production facilities...

San Miguel Corp. serves up Citrix access infrastructure solution for business unit.
Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, has announced that San Miguel Corporation (SMC), the largest food, beverage and packaging conglomerate in Philippines, will be extending its deployment of Citrix access infrastructure software solutions to support its Feeds Group. SMC has 94 production facilities...